Neighborhoods and Communities

Submitted By: Brittany Brown

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2012 Instructor: Karen Powell

Neighborhoods and Communities Social Studies Lesson Plan

Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is intended for second grade students. It tells about and shows different kinds of neighborhoods and communities and the people who live in them. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook Neighborhoods (p. 36-39). Target Population: 2nd grade students at all learning levels whole group reading & discussions, independent notes and assessment

Objectives: G6.2.2 Describe neighborhoods and communities as places where people live, work, and play.

Procedure: 1. Refer to notes on TE p. 36 - Get Set to Read Preview the photo on pg. 39 and ask students who do you think these people are? Where are they, and what are they doing? Students will fill in Reading Skill: Main Idea and Details chart (Unit Resources p. 5) as we read and discuss pg. 36-39. The main idea will be neighborhood and students will list the details around this main idea as we read together. Have a class discussion on who students would consider to be their neighbors. Introduce vocabulary (neighborhood, community)

2. As we read pg. 36-39 as a class, we will pause as I ask the questions given in the talk about it section on pg. 37-38 -What is a neighborhood? -What are some things you see on the neighborhood map on pg. 37? -what do neighbors do sometimes to help their neighborhood? -What is a community? -How many neighborhoods are named on the map of the Tampa community on p. 38. -what are some times when people in your community get together? 3. After reading and answering questions as a class, students will work on their Study Guide (Unit Resources workbook p. 6)

EDEL 453 - Spring 2012

Submitted by: Brittany Brown

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Neighborhoods and Communities Social Studies Lesson Plan

Assessment: Students will build a community (TE p. 38): Have three groups gather to represent three different neighborhoods. Children in each group discuss and draw pictures of the neighborhood they represent. Students will hold up their pictures and all the neighborhoods (groups) move closer together to become a community. Finally, students will describe and name the community they formed. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the reading and questions from the talk about it section will be easiest for me to teach. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think it may be challenging for students to differentiate between a neighborhood and community How will you follow up or extend this lesson? As an extension to the lesson, I would use Extend Lesson 2 (p. 40-41) about community leader, Maggie Cervantes. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? Help children point out different neighborhoods and communities on a map. Then, show them different pictures of both neighborhoods and communities and see if they can point them out. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I dont think any part of the lesson needs to be changed. Most students are pretty familiar with neighborhoods and communities at this age and I think this lesson will build on that knowledge. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? For me, the most difficult part of this lesson was figuring out how to navigate through the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies series so that I could find a lesson. Materials: Reading Skill: Main Idea and Details page (Unit Resources workbook p. 5) Study Guide/Homework (Unit Resources workbook p. 6) Social Studies Book: Neighborhoods p. 36-39 paper and pencils

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Submitted by: Brittany Brown

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